Booking/Agoda and local currency with Amex

[gioppolino]

Hello Everyone,

I’m try to book an hotel for my trip in Japan coming up next year.
Do you know if there is a way to avoid to pay on booking or Agoda in the local currency?

The 3% Amex exchange currency charge can be quite a lot sometimes. But I don’t see an option of “pay in pounds”.

I may just pay with my Monzo otherwise.

Thanks!

[zapato1060]

Try a different agent as sometimes hotelcombined links have allowed a sale in GBP

[yonasl]

Booking.com uses local currency. Meanwhile Hotels.com will allow you to pay in GBP.

For Japan, I found that Booking tends to have more smaller properties like Ryokans also lately Booking was much cheaper than hotel/Expedia for some reason as they provided incentives when booking.

I use Tymit or Halifax clarity when using booking.com to avoid the high Amex charges.

[gioppolino]

Thanks! Good to know there is an option that make you pay in pounds.
Although I checked and the same hotel I booked with booking.com is 30% more expensive in Hotel.com

But I’ll keep that in mind!